Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information

	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
(in thousands)	2014		2013		2014		2013
Revenues from external customers
Grain	$	575,354	$	765,833	$	1,814,517	$	2,493,678
Ethanol	179,405		213,384		594,613		634,933
Plant Nutrient	110,809		95,681		530,334		537,922
Rail	32,022		47,523		117,733		132,488
Turf & Specialty	22,631		27,624		109,269		117,955
Retail	32,706		31,329		101,837		103,332
Total	$	952,927	$	1,181,374	$	3,268,303	$	4,020,308

	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
(in thousands)	2014		2013		2014		2013
Inter-segment sales
Grain	$	894	$	—	$	4,256	$	333
Plant Nutrient	3,401		4,243		12,929		15,955
Rail	109		109		327		318
Turf & Specialty	392		516		2,033		1,869
Total	$	4,796	$	4,868	$	19,545	$	18,475

	Three months ended September 30,					Nine months ended September 30,
(in thousands)	2014			2013		2014			2013
Interest expense (income)
Grain	$	1,723		$	1,391	$	7,203		$	7,714
Ethanol	77			289		253			895
Plant Nutrient	1,017			746		2,748			2,461
Rail	1,821			1,220		5,381			4,162
Turf & Specialty	338			203		1,178			951
Retail	182			152		516			519
Other	(905		)	1,347		(878		)	(95		)
Total	$	4,253		$	5,348	$	16,401		$	16,607

	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
(in thousands)	2014		2013		2014		2013
Equity in earnings of affiliates, net
Grain	$	10,190	$	12,003	$	20,541	$	24,940
Ethanol	13,727		10,174		56,090		15,051
Total	$	23,917	$	22,177	$	76,631	$	39,991

	Three months ended September 30,					Nine months ended September 30,
(in thousands)	2014			2013		2014		2013
Other income (expense), net
Grain (a)	$	(2,354	)	$	1,216	$	16,967	$	1,438
Ethanol	71			35		201		465
Plant Nutrient	2,617			320		3,193		459
Rail	792			5,031		2,289		6,679
Turf & Specialty	244			135		1,018		585
Retail	418			102		720		316
Other	(103		)	766		706		1,681
Total	$	1,685		$	7,605	$	25,094	$	11,623

 (a) Increase in the nine months ended balances is related to gain on LTG partial share redemption. See Note 8. Related Party Transactions for details of the LTG gain in the first quarter of 2014.

	Three months ended September 30,						Nine months ended September 30,
(in thousands)	2014			2013			2014			2013
Income (loss) before income taxes
Grain	$	12,449		$	14,323		$	34,110		$	24,675
Ethanol	21,253			10,904			74,981			23,984
Plant Nutrient	(129		)	(1,643		)	23,464			21,035
Rail	4,160			12,360			25,889			36,614
Turf & Specialty	(2,885		)	(83		)	488			6,113
Retail	(968		)	(2,043		)	(1,666		)	(3,673		)
Other	(6,804		)	(6,309		)	(23,595		)	(12,563		)
Noncontrolling interests	2,454			878			10,844			1,805
Total	$	29,530		$	28,387		$	144,515		$	97,990

(in thousands)	September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013		September 30, 2013
Identifiable assets
Grain	$	713,352	$	921,914	$	784,869
Ethanol	257,194		229,797		207,530
Plant Nutrient	252,675		268,238		258,772
Rail	316,851		312,654		294,528
Turf & Specialty	84,212		89,939		71,600
Retail	46,108		44,910		51,465
Other	412,600		406,104		213,527
Total	$	2,082,992	$	2,273,556	$	1,882,291